Covestro’s Makrolon RE chosen for TV box housing

Covestro’s Makrolon RE series were chosen by Deutsche Telekom for the housing of the TV box and remote control of its premium product MagentaTV One. The sustainable material meets the housing requirement to display high transmittance in the range of 780 to 1,100 nm (near-infrared – NIR) to enable remote control.

Covestro’s Makrolon RE series were chosen to produce Deutsche Telekom’s MagentaTV One TV box and remote control.

Makrolon RE series is an ISCC PLUS-certified polycarbonate with raw materials from biological waste and residues allocated via the mass balance approach.

With more than 85% allocated renewable raw material, the renewable polycarbonate has a reduced CO2 footprint by around 80% during its production (cradle to gate). It is also under Covestro’s CQ family, a label used by the company to identify products with a physical or attributed content of at least 25% alternative raw materials.

Deutsche Telekomm specifies the carbon dioxide equivalents saved for 1,000 MagentaTV One-devices in energy-saving mode at around 15,500 kilograms per year. The company also marked the device with #GreenMagenta label to underline its contribution to climate protection and responsible use of resources.

Deutsche Telekom aims to achieve net-zero emissions in scope categories 1 to 3 by 2040 across the entire value chain, from production to the use phase of their products.